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VOLUME 52, ISSUE 82 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992 The i i i i f V I f J I 1 1 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH The Final Signpost This year's staff takes some time off. flushes the No-Doz, and checks itself into the Betty Ford Clinic for the Overworked and Underpaid. Check out our sorry state on the back page. Next year's staff is chomping at the bit for the first issue of the year that will hit the newsstands on June 23. Celebrating Open Hour fa -. v -A- 4 CELEBRATING THE LAST Open Hour o the school year, this year s OH publicity chair, John Wilson, turns the reins over to Paulette Hansen with the cutting of the : : :. DANIELLE MABEY7HE SIGNPOST cake. Open Hour thanks everyone who participated in OH and reminds everyone that there will be no OH this Thursday. Take the hour off. IBM, WSU partnership may bring 500 new jobs to Weber County Representatives from the company toured Weber State's new Technology Assistance Center and were impressed by the facility. By J. STANLEY HOWARD Asst. news editor of The Signpost A partnership between Weber State University and IBM may bring 500 new jobs to Weber County next year if an "unnamed" California furniture manufacturing company decides to move here. Representatives from the company toured Weber State's new Technology Assistance Center two months ago and were impressed by the facility stocked with IBM equipment, said Stephen Reed, director of the center. "When they found out how well the university matched up with their needs, that definitely put us up in the front-running. I don't know if we're sitting number one, two or three in their organization,but we' redefinitely sitting up high," Reed said. 'The other thing that they were impressed with was our good work ethic that we have within the state, the fact that Utah is growing as an economic base," Reed said. "The company hasn't selected Weber County yet as a final site, and they haven't told their employees that they're looking to move," he said. But if the company moves here, about 500 new jobs will be created in the area, he said. "Without partnerships with companies such as IBM, it's difficult for any institution to be able to have the newest technologies in their labs," he said. "A partnership is much different fromagrantoradonation. Apartner-ship is a working relationship where (See JOBS on page 3) 3 Wednesday, June 3 Accu-Weaihcrforect for daytime conditions and high temperature fft Salt Lake Ciiy" 81 nev. P?? cao ii fl X V Cedar City" 85 k arc. NM WSU alumnus to bring Peace Corps to Latvia Former Weber State student Kathy Nelson will teach English in the Baltic country By DENNIS OWENS Staff writer of The Signpost Former Weber State student Kathy Nelson is stocking up on thermal underwear. On June 1 2, Nelson will fly to Latvia to begin a two-year stay as a Peace Corps volunteer. Nelson was one of only 30 volunteers throughout the United States selected by Peace Corps to teach English in the former Soviet Republic known for its long, cold winters. The project in Latvia is one of the most recent for the Peace Corps, an organization established by former president John F. Kennedy to promote world peace, Nelson said. Nelson, who graduated June 1991 with a bachelor's degree in English, was chosen for the post in spite of the fact she has neither a Master's degree nor a teaching certificate, which were included in theorigi-nal job requirements. Corps officials selected Nelson in part because of her experience working in the WSU Writing Center as a writing assistant tutoring other students in English and writing techniques, she said. Working in the writing center gave Nelson an opportunity to learn the Western or Modern method of teaching English, which is based on principles of communication and understanding between students and instructors, she said. "It's a new age, and they' re looking for people with new ideas," she said. As a volunteer, Nelson said she knows she will only receive enough money to pay (See NELSON on page 2) $Hewn T stcrms Rim Fkrrif Show r Su""v Pi Qcurtf Ckticfy INSIDE ARTS: Senior photography students display their best at the Myra Powell Gallery in the Union Station, p. 8 SPORTS: Weber State Athletics dominates the Big Sky by nabbing two of three Ail-sports trophies. p. 1 1 DH2 Acq; WTW. Inc

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VOLUME 52, ISSUE 82 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1992 The i i i i f V I f J I 1 1 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY OGDEN, UTAH The Final Signpost This year's staff takes some time off. flushes the No-Doz, and checks itself into the Betty Ford Clinic for the Overworked and Underpaid. Check out our sorry state on the back page. Next year's staff is chomping at the bit for the first issue of the year that will hit the newsstands on June 23. Celebrating Open Hour fa -. v -A- 4 CELEBRATING THE LAST Open Hour o the school year, this year s OH publicity chair, John Wilson, turns the reins over to Paulette Hansen with the cutting of the : : :. DANIELLE MABEY7HE SIGNPOST cake. Open Hour thanks everyone who participated in OH and reminds everyone that there will be no OH this Thursday. Take the hour off. IBM, WSU partnership may bring 500 new jobs to Weber County Representatives from the company toured Weber State's new Technology Assistance Center and were impressed by the facility. By J. STANLEY HOWARD Asst. news editor of The Signpost A partnership between Weber State University and IBM may bring 500 new jobs to Weber County next year if an "unnamed" California furniture manufacturing company decides to move here. Representatives from the company toured Weber State's new Technology Assistance Center two months ago and were impressed by the facility stocked with IBM equipment, said Stephen Reed, director of the center. "When they found out how well the university matched up with their needs, that definitely put us up in the front-running. I don't know if we're sitting number one, two or three in their organization,but we' redefinitely sitting up high," Reed said. 'The other thing that they were impressed with was our good work ethic that we have within the state, the fact that Utah is growing as an economic base," Reed said. "The company hasn't selected Weber County yet as a final site, and they haven't told their employees that they're looking to move," he said. But if the company moves here, about 500 new jobs will be created in the area, he said. "Without partnerships with companies such as IBM, it's difficult for any institution to be able to have the newest technologies in their labs," he said. "A partnership is much different fromagrantoradonation. Apartner-ship is a working relationship where (See JOBS on page 3) 3 Wednesday, June 3 Accu-Weaihcrforect for daytime conditions and high temperature fft Salt Lake Ciiy" 81 nev. P?? cao ii fl X V Cedar City" 85 k arc. NM WSU alumnus to bring Peace Corps to Latvia Former Weber State student Kathy Nelson will teach English in the Baltic country By DENNIS OWENS Staff writer of The Signpost Former Weber State student Kathy Nelson is stocking up on thermal underwear. On June 1 2, Nelson will fly to Latvia to begin a two-year stay as a Peace Corps volunteer. Nelson was one of only 30 volunteers throughout the United States selected by Peace Corps to teach English in the former Soviet Republic known for its long, cold winters. The project in Latvia is one of the most recent for the Peace Corps, an organization established by former president John F. Kennedy to promote world peace, Nelson said. Nelson, who graduated June 1991 with a bachelor's degree in English, was chosen for the post in spite of the fact she has neither a Master's degree nor a teaching certificate, which were included in theorigi-nal job requirements. Corps officials selected Nelson in part because of her experience working in the WSU Writing Center as a writing assistant tutoring other students in English and writing techniques, she said. Working in the writing center gave Nelson an opportunity to learn the Western or Modern method of teaching English, which is based on principles of communication and understanding between students and instructors, she said. "It's a new age, and they' re looking for people with new ideas," she said. As a volunteer, Nelson said she knows she will only receive enough money to pay (See NELSON on page 2) $Hewn T stcrms Rim Fkrrif Show r Su""v Pi Qcurtf Ckticfy INSIDE ARTS: Senior photography students display their best at the Myra Powell Gallery in the Union Station, p. 8 SPORTS: Weber State Athletics dominates the Big Sky by nabbing two of three Ail-sports trophies. p. 1 1 DH2 Acq; WTW. Inc